“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.” Mt. 4, Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4 We first see here God’s abundance in filling Jesus FULL of the Holy Spirit. And we also see that it is the Spirit who led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Jesus faced three temptations in the desert, all in His Humanity, and not in His Divinity! These three temptations remain universal temptations throughout history that all humans must face before we take on any kind of power-as Jesus is about to do in starting His ministry. They are all temptations to the misuse of power for purposes other than God’s grand abundant project for us. 1. The first temptation to convert stones into Bread signifies the temptation to misuse our practical everyday power (the appetites of our flesh - when we are hungry for money, success, pride, lust, envy, wrat...
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